12/03/11

Sophie MilmanIn the MoonlightE1 Music

If Marilyn Monroe’s gifts had included first-rate jazz chops, this is precisely the sort of album she would have delivered. Sophie Milman has, across three previous albums, proven herself an intoxicating seductress, and now her steaminess is at full boil. The voice is a shade throatier, her delivery more voluptuous, her naturally warm tone ratcheted up several degrees; all 14 selections like lush fruit, ripe for the picking.